Snow pusher



June 30, 1925. 1,544,370

C. E. BURKE sNow PusHER Filed March 2.4' 1924 Patented June 30, 1925.

cLA'roN E. BURKE, or Mlggnnfnropife, COMPANY, or Mmivxnjeggoplskfitzin @een evelien' Appiieatiion'gueanarph 24, 1934. Swann, 71915343;

To Iall whomz'tmayonicrem: .Y i 'Be itknown thatlpC-)LATON E.' a 'citizen loi the United States, residing` at Minneapolis, inl tl'iefeounty off Henne in 5 and 'State' oif Minnesota, liave@invented, er.n

tain new and neef-nl:4 `In]proveniente in Snow` like., reference.. characters; rester; to the. saine Piishers; and-'ll' do hereby-'declare the folT lowing to -be ya full, clear; yandfexaet descrip? tion "of'tlie, invention,r suoli: ais/fwillfenalo'leA nionly'usedfor -eerapingsnow or .slugh .from the side 4walksandl also? fi'o'r: serapinglmanure from stables? 'orf 1t-rough@ Ain stable entorse pleinentVV is Capable offinany u SeS,5"i-t isfeomf' Itrk i's desirableto :have 'sriieh fan inipleinentof v it ,'easilyhe-klepti clean and simple 'and rugged:v construction ands so l ect oi-tliis-invention., therefore,`

VReferring vtocornprisee a: plate.X member .l :ofg4 Inetalrand@4 which.A is. preferably' made-; off; :good Steele While Vthe-i. elrapeiio.-"tlleqplateieli maya varied; iii-the embodimentnofxthejinvention;

illustrated," thefsanieei'sel shown as, substanf. '.-75

tially rectangular. t ..Saidlsplateeiseprovidedg; '5 witha .fiati planeeportionlyadj aeent :its itin-. y ward operativeedgeand sa-id @plate ish-curved, Y asshownatilh;thrpughoutlthegreatenportion off its area said curvei extendingitangenti to; 80

tion' and' one which can loe'v easily.; and 1 Yinexfpensiv'ely nianufaeture'L Itis a f'urtherjl( ibjeotofl thefinventionto provide "such a 'pushingjin'iple-rnenthaving a.

30 surface curved throughout the greaten-lpor.-

tion of ite extent. 'and'. the forwarder operative Surface ofiv which isfslnootfhl andinno'h. str'ute'd.' 1' v Itfis` another object o-fthe invention to.

providel such a implement formed from. a

substantially ijeetangiilar lsftrongiirietal plate.

having flatportion latits' fo-rward {edge lont curvedfthroughoutV the greater portion .olfV

its extent"v *andY having a'-` quiteA narrow. Iflat portion at its rear edge It is ialso an QobjeotJVoforth i togetherl with' a` handle .there'foiaextending centrallyand rear'w ardlyitlierefroin substantially normal -to the -iear-lflahportionz.

oi' siaid plate, wliieli-'handle/i's connected.tof the plate by a plurality-"lof braee'nieinzbers:

attached 1to thel 'rear 'portion Yfof fthey plate'A in a manner? so that thervare no fastening means projecting' at the forward portion of the plate.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description niade in connection with the accompanying drawings in which theflatpontion leandfto the narrow' rear;vv flat. portion; 19,; theilatter portion being disfl posediin: a: vp-Lanei Substantially;fatfriglti angles tothe/if. vorti-origl.,br at slightlyg lessi. tlranl a. rightf angle ,thereto-f handele `2;..lisr5 providediiwlrieli; `.e-.iitends rearwardly -V .from` the platelflffsubstantially `alined`withl th! reari. edgeoffthefplatd and extending cen-. tiailly fandsubstantially normal; -thereto.,4 Vhile said handleinayxbe oi'.fvarious`reliap-es,l Q90 in .the Keinbodirnent- "ofir'tlie `.Iiiwlention illlis-V tratediv thesalneiisf shown-"as fof: oetagonal'.;

shape 'infA arose seetion at :i its,; outer, end-5f andi ofqequ'are orfreetangulaneross section 'at its v I f innerlend: -Tlrefhandle isfconnefctedfto.: the-95 l p theinventionvto. provideI 'sueh` an imp-lenient as I abovepet plate l'fby a plurality. fof ieionneetingibars LorV braesf fandae #The ,bareicontaetland exs tendfalpr1g',l the .-s'ide. .portioneofthei hand-1.9. .s

2, diverge from the end thereofgatfanfiangler. ofi: substantially 45 :degrees :and their ,extend 10o alongfthe, rear Lsidevofi the `plat-el ,and oon-n tact therewith tThe diagonal fpfortiona Sgtejoff the bare 13 extend- .iirz planes?. substantially; parallel-:to the rear .edgeiof fplate lebutxtheir-e. ends 3b of said bars which are in Contact 105 with the plate extendl downwardly at a slight angle to the rear edge of the plate. Owing to the curved surface of the plate l it is found that a better Contact is had therewith by thus turning downward the lili ends of liars bars areiconnectedi` `to the handle 2 by suitable fastening means,

'such as rivets shown in 2er by headed and nutted bolts suchV as shown in Fig. 1.1'

The bar 4 extends along the bottom Aof theV handle 2 in contact therewith and centrally thereof and is bent adjacent the end ofthe handle to extend downwardly tangent to the;

l rear surface of plate 1, said bar then extend- "'*shown in Fig. l.

T"lrsuehas'bylcountersunk rivets.

In operation, the .implement will `be heldv n substantially in. the :position shown Vin Fig..

i'ngfarouiid the vcurved ortion of said'plate in contact therewith. he bar/4 is secured` to handle 2 either by rivets, such as showny provide a ysmooth forward surface landV pushed along the surface,` such as Ii1-y lustrated at 6. The scraped material `will.

i' -fsl'i'de up theplatel vand can eitherbe` shoveled away .or .allowed to slideon thev plate axd'be directed-inf front v of the" same by the upwardly curved portion ofthe plate. v TheA forward surfaceoftheplate -l-being` en- "'ftir'ely smooth does `not ofl'erany obstructiony tothematerial handledand` is, furthermore,

easily kept in clean condition. lThe absence of projecting. fastening means for thebars.

3 and 4.alsor aidsin keeping the implement vin'clean: and sanitary condition. While headed-'rivets are desirable infmany` cases for connecting the handle 2, headed .and -nuti normal tosaid rear edge anda handlefcon- .tacted on three sides -by said ybars and secured. 5 thereto. l i

tedboltsaren oftenused inorder to lfacilitate packing of theV implementffor shipnient, ast-he. space vcan better be utilizedby vfEinexpensively produced.-

packing i the` blades and handles 'sep arately;

The bars "3;and 4 arefeiiiciently placed to` provide a vstrong and: durable implement and'` the.` structure .is one which can be veasily and From. the'abovefdescription it'will be that applicant .has vprovideda. simple and eficient .pushing V- .and scraping .implement and. onewhich vhas a high degree. of` utility.

1 The devicehas been thoroughly demonstrat- ,edinf actual practice and found to be very. successfuliandueflicient. :The same `is being commercially .used and Iis meeting with.v

great success. v .l

" ItV will, of course, be understood, that va:- rious` changes may be made in the` form, de-

tails; arrangement 1 and proportions of the l device iwfi-tlioutf departing :from .the scope of `applicant.s.-: invention, which, generally j "appended claims.

stated, consists l-af device capable ofcarry` ing out the objectsV above set forth, such as Ishown and described What is claimed isz. 'I

1|. pushing implement comprising a substantially rectangular plate curved for the greater yportion of its width about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof and and defined in the having a fiatV portion adjacentit-s forward y edge tangent to said curvedyportion, .the

and unobstructed, a handle extending rearwardly and'centrally from and substantially Y normal to and in alinementjwith the rear edge of said. plate,.and central` and vside 2. A pushing implement comprising a subjstantially.rectangular. plate curved for' the greater portion of its widthabont anaxis i parallel tothe longitudinal. axisthereof and.

having a vfiat -portion `adjacent its vforward sol y' edge vtangent to said curvedportiomtthe forf wardsurface of. said plate being smooth and =unobstructed,a bar extending transversely ,of said late attherear thereof in; contact therewit and extending away from saidi 1 plate on a line tangent thereto, said b ar then being bent t0 extend substantially normalL to the rear edge of said plate, bars extending .longitudinally at the Vrear of saidaplatein contact therewith adjacent its-.rear edge,

vthen converging rearwardly away fromH said plate and then bent toextend substantially forward portion curved upwardlyiadj acent iits rear portionwith anarrowflat portion adjacent itsE rear edgeextendingsubstanf i tially aty right angles ito said; Hat forward portion, bar members contacting therear surface ofsaid plate adjacent its ref irfedge.'k

v extending longitudinally `,thereofand conl verging rearwardly away from 'said.plate', a bar contacting.` the yrear surfaceof and extending transversely and `substantially centrally thereof and extendingaway frein V; said surface, anda handle secured to all of said bars, said bars being securedto said plate so asto. retain alsmooth unobstructed forward surface thereon. InV testimony WhereofI aflix my signature- GLiiroisI'` E. BURKE.

forward surface of said-platebeing smooth ,7 0 Y Y Y 

